| Taylor Recycling runs some of these same kind of trucks and I can tell you they only get about 3.8 miles per gallon of diesel when they’re driving along, and even less when they sit in traffic in the Lincoln Tunnel.
One cost of long-haul trucking
3.8 Miles per gallon of diesel
x average of 300 miles round trip per truck
x 1,000 trucks per day | export about 15 Million tons of waste each year.
The Majors Help Drive It
2 firms own more than 70% of all landfill capacity within 150 miles of NYC
3 Largest (WM, Allied, Republic) are 67% of the entire industry
Top 11 firms are 90% of industry nationally
They ship waste to their own landfills in the next state. |